POW Canada's Townhall Tour recognizes that from deep winters to long summer days, outdoor recreation drives the heartbeat of our mountain communities.
Read more POW Canada’s Townhall Tour: Protecting Our Outdoor Future
The warning applies to Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, and Jasper National Parks, Kananaskis Country, and areas immediately adjacent to those parks. It is in effect immediately and remains in place through Monday, March 24.
Read more Special Public Avalanche Warning for Central Rockies
In 1967, four Canadians—Don Gardner, Chic Scott, Charlie Locke, and Neil Liske—etched their names into the history of ski mountaineering by completing the first-ever Jasper to Lake Louise traverse.
Read more Canada’s Greatest Ski Traverse
As the Christmas holidays approach, it’s no surprise that the mountains are blanketed with great snow—perfect for chasing powder and curing your FOMO
Read more Finding Christmas Pow: A Holiday Season Full of Snow
Saturday, November 16th, will go down in ski history as the start of a new Super Era at popular Canadian Rocky Mountain ski and snowboard resort Banff Sunshine Village
Read more Super Angel LX, Now Flying at Banff Sunshine Village
This winter, take flight on Banff Sunshine Village’s new Super Angel, a luxury six-passenger chairlift.
Read more Sunshine Village’s new Super Angel
Studies by University of British Columbia Okanogan Campus (UBCO) have shown that the Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown doubled the range of caribou. During the 2020 “anthropause,” when COVID-19 travel restrictions nearly grounded heli-skiing, both movement and mean home-range of the caribou groups increased dramatically compared to years when normal heli ski operations dominated. The anthropause …
Read more Pandemic Heli Ski Shutdown Doubled Range of Caribou
Leo Grillmair founded Canadian Mountain Holidays with his childhood friend Hans Gmoser.
Read more Heli-skiing Pioneer Leo Grillmair Passes
The hut had to be removed this past spring when it became unsafe due to climate-change-induced site erosion.
Read more Plans announced to replace the Abbot Pass Hut
Avalanche Canada is reporting that the snowpack is spooky for much of Western Canada.
Read more Avalanche Canada: The Persisting Problem
Sunshine Village has reported 58cm in the past week and Lake Louise has received 44cms.
Read more Banff opens for skiing this week!
Kootenay Backcountry Guides have announced their dates for the Wapta Traverse for 2023. The Wapta Traverse is a ski traverse that travels along the continental divide, otherwise known as the B.C. Alberta border. Several huts along the traverse and variations of the traverse are possible. The trip starts along the Icefields Parkway and ends at …
Read more Guided Wapta Traverse Trips in 2023
